Fish-hook.



No. 828,505. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906. W. T. RICE. FISH HOOK. APPLIoATIoNFILED 1E B.za. 1906.

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FISH-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Application filed February 23, 1906. Serial vNo. 302.562.

To all whom, t nca/y concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. RICE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Berlin, in the county of Roger Mills, Oklahoma Territory,have invented a new and useful Fish-Hook, of which the following is aspeciiication.

This invention relates to fish-hooks.

The obj ect of the invention is to provide a fish-hook having a novelform of barb which in addition to performing the usual function ofretaining a fish upon the hook will also perform the further function ofa knife to free the hook from the fish, whereby the necessity ofemploying a knife for the purpose, as is frequently rendered necessary,is entirely obviated.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the Ilovelform of fish-hook hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification andin which like characters of reference indicatev corresponding parts,Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a fish-hook constructed inaccordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view taken fromthe front of the hook. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken onthe line 3 3, Fig. l, and looking in the direction of the arrow thereon.Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4 4, Fig. l, andlooking in the direction of the arrow thereon.

The hook, as usual, comprises a shank 1, an eye 2, and bill 3,terminating in a point 4, and as these parts may be ofthe usual or anypreferred construction further description thereof is deemedunnecessary.'

The gist of the present invention resides in the novel form of barb 5,which, as before stated, is adapted to perform the dual functions ofholding a iish upon the hook and the freeing of the hook from engagementwith the fish. As shown in Fig. 3, the barb is curved in cross-section,and when viewed in elevation is ovate-acuminate in form and merges intothe point in such manner as to form a continuation thereof. The marginor edge 6 of the barb is sharpened and forms cutting edges that whenlateral motion accompanied with downward pressure is applied to it willoperate to cut the barb 3 from the fish.

By having the barb transversely curved the cutting edges at its sidesare disposed relatively close to the point and will therefore not be aptto injure an angler in an attempt to bait the hook, which might resultif the barb were straight in cross-section with the edges disposed atright angles to the point instead of being disposed approximately inparallelism therewith.

The improvements herein defined while simple in character will be foundthoroughly efficient for the purpose designed and will operate toovercome an objectionable feature common with large iish-hooks-namely,the trouble of extracting a hook from the mouth of a fish. v

I claiml. A fish-hook having a barb constituting a knife. j

2. A ishhook having a transverselycurved barb.

3. A fish-hook having a marginally-edged transversely-curvedovate-acuminate barb.

4. A sh-hook having an ovate-acuminate barb the edges of which projectlaterally beyond the point and constitute knives.

5. A fish-hook having a barb formed with marginal cutting edges.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

` WILLIAM T. RICE. Witnesses N. B. BURNS, D. A. HALBRoox.

